Our third fund-raise

We’re delighted to introduce our third fund-raise for community solar energy installations.

Our two previous share offers raised £247,000 from over 200 investors to fund the installation of solar PV panels on the roofs of six community buildings in Bristol. The building occupants benefit from a long-term supply of subsidised green energy, we receive the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) payments for the electricity produced, and investors receive a return on their investment.

We’re now significantly raising our level of ambition, as befits a Green Capital City. Our project portfolio this time round contains two community-owned solar farms and around 20 roof-top solar installations on community buildings in Bristol and neighbouring areas.

The total cost of the portfolio is approximately £10.5 million. A proportion of this amount is being raised through bank loans. The remaining amount, £5.32 million, is being raised via our share offer and a parallel bond issue. You can invest in both of these, or just one of them.

We therefore invite you to:

be part of an exciting ethical energy investment opportunity;

earn an attractive return on your investment

support community organisations with subsidised green energy;

help build a fund to support local community activity, projected to be £4.5m over the life of the programme;

Specific information for both the share offer and bond issue is below. We hope you will give this fund-raise serious consideration, and make an early investment. Your support will help us develop community-owned projects that deliver significant, long-term, community benefit.

The value of an investment may go up as well as down. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. An investment in the shares offered in the Share Offer carries risks and you may lose the whole value of your investment. Please consider this carefully in the context of the complete share offer document and related information and, if needed, seek independent advice.

Bristol Energy Cooperative is the trading name of Bristol Community Energy Limited, a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 - Registration Number 31313R.